Fiscal Policy Independence in a European Monetary Union.

The issue of whether constraints should be placed on fiscal policies when moving to European monetary union is examined in the context of the use of fiscal policy for macroeconomic stabilization purposes. Examples of shocks hitting French and German economies are considered: an appreciation of their...

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Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1990.
coleção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1990/024
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF
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